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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope
schedule compression
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
2. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning
change control
invitation for bid (IFB)
grade
virtual team
3. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
fast tracking (Technique)
budget
estimate (Output/Input)
actual cost of work performed
4. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished
network path
product life cycle
effort
lag (Technique)
5. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.
contract (Output/Input)
defect repair
sub network
early start date (ES)
6. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
baseline
start date
change control
7. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer
duration (DU or DUR)
external deliverable
imposed date
deliverable (Output/Input)
8. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand
activity code
risk tolerance
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
develop project charter (Process)
9. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.
closing processes (Process Group)
monitor and control risks (Process)
material
voice of the customer
10. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule
Monte Carlo simulation
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
slack
portfolio management (Technique)
11. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project
scope management plan(Output/Input)
program
budget at completion (BAC)
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
12. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.
start date
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
requirements traceability matrix
float
13. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables
work breakdown structure component
scheduled start date (SS)
define activities (Process)
develop project charter (Process)
14. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity
co-location (Technique)
earned value management (EV
brainstorming (Technique)
procurement documents (Output/Input)
15. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities
forward pass
time and material contract (T&M)
matrix organization
to complete performance index (TCPI)
16. Reserve
project charter (Output/Input)
develop schedule (Process)
buffer
identify stakeholders (Process)
17. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
develop project management plan (Process)
budget
reserve analysis (Technique)
18. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r
activity attributes (Output/Input)
defect repair
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
sponsor
19. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co
external deliverable
request for quotation (RFQ)
project life cycle
project scope statement (Output/Input)
20. ACWP
early finish date (EF)
actual cost of work performed
near critical activity
technical performance measurement (Technique)
21. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources
quality
estimate activity durations (Process)
network path
workaround
22. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.
resource
Gantt chart (Tool)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
assumptions
23. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.
claim
develop project charter (Process)
constraint (Input)
rolling wave planning (Technique)
24. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance
develop project team (Process)
hammock activity
risk avoidance (Technique)
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
25. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into
co-location (Technique)
milestone schedule (Tool)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
26. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives
work authorization system (Tool)
perform integrated change control (Process)
collect requirements (Process)
baseline
27. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions
performance measurement baseline
request for proposal (RFP)
project scope
lag (Technique)
28. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
Monte Carlo simulation
project management process group
executing processes (Process Group)
29. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance
finish to start (FS)
forecast
fast tracking (Technique)
schedule baseline
30. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat
progressive elaboration (Technique)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
schedule network analysis (Technique)
Monte Carlo analysis
31. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.
data date
regulation
activity code
defect
32. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th
trend analysis (Technique)
scope
planned value (PV)
request for proposal (RFP)
33. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.
Monte Carlo simulation
determine budget (Process)
validation
material
34. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization
inspection (Technique)
buyer
project charter (Output/Input)
activity identifier
35. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram
sensitivity analysis
project charter (Output/Input)
forecast
finish to finish (FF)
36. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
early finish date (EF)
project phase
scope
plan procurements (Process)
37. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.
project management team
progressive elaboration (Technique)
planning package
estimate (Output/Input)
38. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com
quality management plan (Output/Input)
late start date (LS)
change control
schedule network analysis (Technique)
39. Developing a detailed description of the project and product
project management body of knowledge
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
decomposition (Technique)
define scope (Process)
40. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs
change control board (CCB)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
request for quotation (RFQ)
finish date
41. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits
milestone schedule (Tool)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
earned value management (EV
program management
42. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
estimate activity resources (Process)
project
start to start (SS)
technique
43. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity
objective
finish to start (FS)
output (Process)
schedule baseline
44. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure
statement of work (SOW)
code of accounts (Tool)
special cause
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
45. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.
time and material contract (T&M)
milestone
output (Process)
initiating processes (Process Group)
46. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints
work performance information
resource leveling (Technique)
voice of the customer
forecast
47. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result
executing processes (Process Group)
matrix organization
application area
produce scope
48. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity
performance reports (Output/Input)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
project initiation
start to finish (SF)
49. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria
functional organization
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
verification
50. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management
milestone
total float
reserve
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)